people play for fun, indeed. but when you play at high level you wanna play characters you like instead of characters that are high tier. when you basically dont stand a chance at winning even though both your skill levels are identical, but you play everyone and opponent plays only high tier ittl become boring real quick. you can say what you want, but raiden and k do look too strong. i have always played kof at a high level, youd like some variation even if you play competetivelly. i dont think anybody would want to play with 2 spots already taken by raiden and k if you wanna stand a good winning chance.
I see where you're coming from. Nobody wants to be forced to pick up characters they'd rather not play just to compete. The thing is, that's exactly what the ratio system forces top-tier players to do. It's a very real character restriction against top tier players being used to counteract an
imaginary character restriction against low tier players (the unproven assumption that low tiers cannot beat top tiers).
cuz now you get a bit more breathing space to try a new character instead of just being trampled by K/Raiden/Betty.
and because the other guy is using non-S tier characters along with the rest of the team, the gameplay becomes more fun. all tiers get used because S tier is bound to 0 tier etc. seriously, anybody who plays a game with such a desperate NEED to win should invest more time in a career or something. it's a game FFS.
Implying that anyone who plays top tiers does so because they feel a need to win makes all kinds of unsupported assumptions about top-tier players. It's possible (probably, even?) that they simply enjoy those characters. Even if they are playing them purely to win, who cares? Some people gain the most enjoyment from the game by winning. If you want to win with a particular team, then pursue mastery of those characters and learn to beat top tiers with them. Or find players whose idea of what makes the game enjoyable is in sync with your own, but don't force that idea upon others who don't share it. Especially not with rationale like "It's just a game."
I infer from your avatar that you play Ash. Suppose I argued that because Ash has a DM which seals the opponent's special moves, he should in the spirit of fairness be disallowed from using any special moves himself. If you object, then you obviously need to stop caring about winning so much and realize it's just a game, right? Of course not, because it's a ridiculous rule that if passed might increase my enjoyment of the game, but would greatly compromise yours. In reality I should just man up and deal with my special moves being sealed, just like people should man up and deal with top tiers.